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Q: I believe that life insurance companies benefit from higher interest rates . When I was much younger a-lot of people and families seemed to carry life insurance policies . But from what I can tell ,young people today could not care less about life insurance . Could I get your out look for these insurance companies in Canada and what could have the best upside , if any due to interest rates continuing to rise. . Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by jim on June 03, 2022
Q: What are a few smaller/aggressive growth-oriented names in Canada and the US that you think have the potential to work out quite well w/ a 5+ year timeframe, and that are not too likely to go out of business in a prolonged recession?
Read Answer Asked by Andrew on May 16, 2022
Q: Hello,

You responded to Derek and his question about TSU and BAM stating “ TSU was a 100% spin off from BAM.A. BAM does not own any shares and there is no formal relationship between the two. Essentially, TSU is too small for BAM and we would not expect something between the two.”

In fact, Partners Value (private investment holdco of BAM) is the majority shareholder of TSU with a weighting of 10%. Also, Q4 2016 Flatt stated that senior management intends to keep all of their shares. Now I’m 2020 they did sell 2.5 mm of shares.
Read Answer Asked by James on April 14, 2022
Q: You mention in your company report that TSU initially had a relationship with BAM. Do they still have some sort of relationship , for instance marketing channels or shareholding’s ? Is there any chance of TSU and BAMR doing something together ?
Thanks. Derek
Read Answer Asked by Derek on April 13, 2022
Q: Hi Peter and Staff

Visa has done well in the period of ownership but has stalled over the last couple of years....."Experts" seem to be divided somewhat on the returns to expect in the future.

In my financial basket V is a larger position than ECN and TSU but lower than BAM.A.

What do you feel about the future expectations of Visa in particular and how would you rank the 4 stocks future returns

Thanks for all you do

Dennis
Read Answer Asked by Dennis on March 30, 2022
Q: I see you like Trisura for 2022. Answering a question on March 17 you acturally included it as one of your top picks for this year. My question is why do you have such confidence in the future of this company. Also, do you see it doing well this year or is it the kind of company that one has to buy and hold for 5 years to see stong advances in its price appreciation. Thanks as always for your opinion.
Read Answer Asked by Les on March 23, 2022
Q: Hello Peter and team,
Would you consider Galaxy Digital in the speculative category? The stock has been surging lately but takes a hit at times; however, their numbers look reasonable. Any idea why Trisura is starting to surge? Is it going along with other insurance companies given rise in rates.
Read Answer Asked by umedali on March 23, 2022
Q: If you had to pick four out of the above names to add to today, which would you choose?
Read Answer Asked by Andrew on March 21, 2022
Q: In march,2021 you published a special opportunities report on 10 top picks beginning with byd,csu.
We would be pleased if you could provide an update.
Would you make any changes?



Read Answer Asked by Terry on March 17, 2022
Q: I have been looking at recommendations in the questions and have picked the companies listed above to look into.
Without considering sector diversification, would you say each of these individually are strong companies to invest in, or would you separate these into different tiers?
In what order would you take a position in these stocks if you were to invest today? (e.g. may want to wait until prices for growth stocks like TIXT/TSU stabilize)
Also please provide suggested entry prices for each.
Read Answer Asked by Alexander on March 15, 2022
Q: Hi 5i,

Can you help me understand how TSU is not an absolute tabling pounding buy here. They have been growing the top line at a 40% clip. I believe the ROE is 18 or 19%. They have a long growth run way. Yes they missed last earnings due to two things outside of their control (surety losses impacting .08 and hurricane .02). If those one time items did not occur they would have beat consensus.

They have a great track record of execution and the BAM pedigree. Please let me know if you disagree. Also, please let me know in your opinion when the stock is a) cheap and b) table pounding buy.

Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by James on March 14, 2022
Q: Like a previous subscriber wrote, we also appreciate your most recent report: specifically, the numeric historical context of this current correction, the sectors affected and those most likely to benefit.
We are invested in each of the three of the 5i portfolios and over the next 1-2 months plan to make staggered and targeted contributions.
Could you suggest 3 or 4 companies from each portfolio where the winds of sentiment are excessively negative and would be attractive to purchase with this approach?
This is for a 5+ years hold.
Thank you
Read Answer Asked by Delbert on March 08, 2022
Q: In line w/ sentiments expressed in the latest market update (thank you for that), would you put any of these names in the "likely beyond repair column"? Or do they all fall firmly in the "damaged but not broken" column?
Read Answer Asked by Andrew on March 08, 2022
Q: I'm looking for some growth names for my wife's TFSA, but I don't want to duplicate anything I have. So, no GSY, SHOP or LSPD. What are your five favourite names for growth over the next five years?
Read Answer Asked by Peter on March 03, 2022
Q: Hello Peter and team,
I was expecting with higher rates that insurance and banks will do well. Trisura is behaving like a tech stock and the banks and insurance are not doing well despite good numbers. Is this due to uncertainty geo-politically? Thanks very much.
Read Answer Asked by umedali on March 03, 2022
Q: Hello and thank you for reading I would like to know if you have a handful of Canadian stocks that interest you - say under $25.00, and that you would be prepared to share with us.

Have a great week. Take care
Read Answer Asked by Marla on March 02, 2022
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